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The Power of Poetry Exhibit
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Social Justice Themes in Song and Verse from Africa
Authoritarianism Poetry
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A Psalm to Lament Babylon
A Sunflower in Your Hair
Alcaeus
Archilochus
Ballad of the Army Carts
Demos Is Done
Forced March
Hecuba
Homeland and Life
Man of the Millennium
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In Spite of You
The Will to Life
Ukrainian War Poets
Colonialism
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Here Comes Ruy’s Steamer
An Inheritance
Royal Hymn of Hammurabi
Slashed Country – Pais Sajado
Song of the Machila Bearers
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
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Complaint
Here Comes Ruy’s Steamer
Ancient Egyptian Poetry
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Beggar Boy
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It’s Movement Time
The Jester
Lantern and Glass
Naming Things
Pais Sajado
Privilege Is
Self-portrait with Phonemic Analysis
Spring in New Hampshire
When You Return
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
With Whom Shall I Sing?
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African Poetry Live Event
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Dictionary of American Regional English
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Ruth Porter: Postcards from Florida
Reino Maki: The Adventure Begins
Arthur the Rat
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Emerging American Language in 1812
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Noah Webster
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Webster Comic Strip
Early 19th Century Newspapers
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American Daily and Commercial Advertiser – Page 1
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Influential People
Philogelos: The First Joke Book
The Moveable Museum
International Flag of Language
Writing Language: Passing it On
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Lack of Translators in Medical Settings
33 Translations of a Poem by Lidia Kosk
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Bocadillos Linqüísticos Podcast Presentation
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Interview with Maarit Jaakkola, Ph.D.
Interview with Toni Stillman, Founder of Seedtime Multilingual
Interview with Tim Brookes of the Endangered Alphabets Project
Interview with Keith Cunningham, PhD Candidate at Georgetown University
Interview with Brandon Locke
Interview with Chelsea McCracken
Interview with Lynne Murphy, Author of “The Prodigal Tongue”
Interview with Vidya Nahar, Author and STARTALK Instructor
Interview with Kathy Olson-Studler
Interview with Victor Santos, Founder and CEO of Linguacious LLC.
Interview with Dr. Edwige Simon of University of Colorado- Boulder
Interview with Gina Valle, Author of The Best of All Worlds
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Dual Language Education in Washington State – Becoming Law
Threatened Language Programs in Universities
Language Learning with Chat GPT
The Case of Computer Coding or Computer Science Counting as a World Languages Credit
NNELL’s Summer Institute 2023
An Outstanding Japanese Language Program
COVID-19 and Language Education: What occurred and what the future may hold
Language of the Month
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Language of the Month December 2023 – Saami
Language of the Month November 2023: Kyrgyz
Language of the Month August 2023: Silbo Gomero
Language of the Month June 2023: Thai
Language of the Month April 2023: Cantonese
Language of the Month March 2023: Hawaiʻian
Language of the Month February 2023: ASL
Language of the Month December 2022: Kichwa/ Quechua
Language of the Month May 2022: Viossa
Language of the Month April 2022: Ilocano
Language of the Month March 2022: Irish
Language of the Month July 2021: Koyukon
Language of the Month December 2021: Aragonese
Language of the Month November 2021: Nez Perce
Language of the Month October 2021: Pipil/Náhuat
Language of the Month August 2021: Polish
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Overview of Eurotales, an Emerging Museum of European Languages
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